Yeah, so not a lot of interesting thoughts coming out of my blog these days. Well, right now I’ve got four jobs going on at once, so my free time is pretty expensive lately. The most important one right now is a custom Rails application that I’ve pledged to have beta-ready in less [...]
What a wonderful day everybody had yesterday at the marriage of Jim and Megan. Yesterday at the wedding, Megan’s maid of honor spoke on how the sincerity and warmness of Jim and Megan’s relationship so infectiously spreads among their friends and even catalyzes new friendships in the wake of their love. I really [...]
Welp, I’m back from the Hoedown and it was a blast. Thanks to Jon, Jim, and Patrick for the company on the near-3 hour drive. There were some wonderful presentations, including one on MERB, tuning Ruby using C, and some reflections on the state of the Ruby community. These coming weeks I’m [...]
Welp, here’s the update on my professional life. I’m working on three contracts, so money is coming in. Hopefully, this money will make the search for a new employer less urgent and allow me to be picky. Additionally, one of these gigs is going to be a fast-paced, agilely developed Rails application for [...]
Looking back at the beginning of this week, I marvel at the relatively secure position in life I enjoyed - content but static. There wasn’t much on the horizon to indicate that I would be making any giant strides forward, but I could comfortably tread water indefinitely.
Now at the end of the week, the [...]
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